Ramos Raddy L, Alviña Karina, Martinez Luis R
Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY 11568.
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409.
J Undergrad Neurosci Educ. 2017 Nov 15;16(1):A6-A13. eCollection 2017 Fall.
The demography of United States graduates from science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) degree programs is well-understood; however, data particularly describing the gender and ethnic diversity of graduates of neuroscience programs has not been analyzed, limiting our knowledge of specific areas where diversity and fair representation are lacking. Using over 30 years of data from the National Center for Education Statistics, we documented the demography of neuroscience graduates from bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs. Recent graduation trends indicate greater numbers of female graduates from bachelor's and graduate degree programs. White (non-Hispanic) males and females represent the largest group of graduates while Asian/Pacific Islanders represent the largest non-White group of graduates. Although the number of underrepresented minorities graduating from neuroscience degree programs at every level has increased in recent years, they still lag compared to White (non-Hispanic) and Asian/Pacific Islanders. These data provide valuable information that can be used to promote greater diversity among neuroscience graduates by higher education faculty and administrators and federal funding agencies.
美国科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学位项目毕业生的人口统计学情况已广为人知；然而，专门描述神经科学项目毕业生性别和种族多样性的数据尚未得到分析，这限制了我们对缺乏多样性和公平代表性的具体领域的了解。利用美国国家教育统计中心30多年的数据，我们记录了神经科学本科、硕士和博士学位项目毕业生的人口统计学情况。近期的毕业趋势表明，本科和研究生学位项目的女性毕业生数量有所增加。白人（非西班牙裔）男性和女性是毕业生中的最大群体，而亚太岛民是最大的非白人毕业生群体。尽管近年来各级神经科学学位项目毕业的代表性不足的少数族裔人数有所增加，但与白人（非西班牙裔）和亚太岛民相比，他们仍然落后。这些数据提供了有价值的信息，可供高等教育教师、管理人员和联邦资助机构用来促进神经科学毕业生的多样性。
